ROUND 5/JUNE 23, 2013
NEW ENGLAND DRAGWAY/EPPING, NEW HAMPSHIRE
DRAG RACING
P88
NHRA PRO STOCK CHAMPIONSHIP
Hall Of Fame
John Hall celebrates NHRA's
first trip to New England
Dragway by claiming his
first Pro Stock title
John Hall won the
first NHRA Pro Stock
title of his career at
the inaugural New
England Nationals.
BY KEVIN MCKENNA
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GARY NASTASE
J
ohn Hall almost gave up
his dreams of an NHRA Pro
Stock Motorcycle career
when he left George Bryce's
Sovereign/Star squad at the
end of the 2012 season, but he's
now glad that he didn't. Racing
at NHRA's newest event, the in-
augural Auto-Plus NHRA New
England Nationals, Hall became
the series latest first-time champion when he defeated Lucas Oil
Buell's Adam Arana in the final
round. Hall and Arana both ran
matching 6.92-second elapsed
times, but Arana left the starting
line too soon and red-lighted.
"I don't think this has sunk in
yet," Hall said. "I'm just a hobby
racer from Connecticut, but I'm
living proof that anyone can win a
Wally [NHRA trophy]. In the final I
saw Adam's bike get out in front
of me and I thought he got the
jump on me, but then I looked up
to see if my win light was on and it
was. I started jumping around on
the bike. I was so excited. "
Hall began eliminations from
the number-six qualifying spot
